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DATE : 10/15/1963
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COMMENTS : National Security Files, Box 200: Vietnam,10/6/1963-10/14/63, CIA

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OUMERY. SOUTH VIET NAM . REPORT NO. TOCS"3/562, 01 4

SUBJECT RECOMMENDATION 8Y CABINET OFFICERS THAT DATE DISTR. 15 OCTOBER 1963 ;
NHU BE MADE PRIME MINISTER
: PRECEDENCE ROUTINE

DATE OF EARLY OCTOBER 1963 REFERENCES IN 39851
INFO. ;

PLACE & VIETNAMs SAIGON (8 OCTOBER 1963)

DATE ACQ.

APPRAISAL _, SEE BELOW - FIELD REPORT NO. rvs=9764

THis is UNEVALUATED INFORMATION. SOURCE GRADINGS ARE DEFINITIVE, APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
SOURCE _A WESTERN BUSINESSMAN (B) wITH GOOD CONTACTS IN VIETNAMESE POLITICAL CIRCLES,
FROM CUONG.
APPRAISAL: THE CABINET OFFICERS MAY HAVE MADE SUCH A RECOMMENDATION,

1, SUMMARY, ON 8 OCTOBER 1963 NGUYEN HOANG CUONG,
EXECUTIVE SECRETARY. OF THE NATIONAL ECONOMIC COUNCIL, SAID THAT
ON 5 OCTOBER VICE PRESIDENT MAUYEN NGOC THO TOLD HIM THAT AT A
MEETING OF CABINET OFFICERS is EARLY OCTOBER IT WAS DECIDED TO ©
RECOMMEND TO PRESIDENT DIEM is&T NGO DINH NHU BE APPOINTED
PRIME MINISTER, CUONG SAID THAT THIS PROPOSAL WOULD REQUIRE A
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT WHICH WOULD BE VOTED BY THE NAT ONAL

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ASSEMBLY WITHOUT DIFFICULTY.

2. ON 5 OCTOBER VICE PRESIDENT THO TOLD CUONG THAT LN EARLY
OCTOBER HE HAD CALLED A MEETING OF ALL CABINET MEMBERS TO-

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DISCUSS THE STATUS OF NGO DINH NHU IN.THE GOVERNMENT, THO

SAID THAT THE CABINET DEGIDED-TO RECOMMEND TO PRESIDENT DIEM THAT
NHU BE APPOINTED PRIME MINISTER, REASONING THAT IF THE PRESIDENT

DID NOT INTEND TO REDUCE NHU'S INFLUENCE IN GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS,
THE LATTER'S APPOINTMENT TO AN OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT POST WOULD
AT -LEAST MAKE HIM ACCOUNTABLE FOR HIS ACTIONS, |

2. ON 8 OCTOBER CUONG SAID THAT IF THE PRESIDENT ACCEPTED
THIS SUGGEST ICN, A CONSTI TUT ONAL AMENOMENT WOULD BE REQUIRED BUT
THAT THIS WOULD POSE NO PROBLEM AS THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY WOULD
VOTE THE CHANGE WITHOUT DIFFICULTY. .

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